Reception 2014/15 1 Bear cave exploration with teddies and torches 2 Billy Goats Gruff footprints? Webcam link with farm/goats? Critter yard. We re going on a Bear Hunt The 3 Billy Goats Gruff Quest Character Goodies and Baddies Instructions Recipe how to make troll soup Show recipes and share with Year 1 children. Make soup 3 Castle Visit/Cardboard castle outside. Jack and the beanstalk Monster (Giant) Setting Creepy Castles Non Chronological Reports about giants guide book entry Castle party and dressing up. Regal dance for parents. 4 Walk in a muddy wood Dublin zoo wolf cam Red riding hood Warning tale Add in every day she was told not to leave the path Description of a place creepy woods Instructions planting flowers Chick explanation when living eggs here Planting what the children decide from innovated instructions 5 Over Farm Visit. Farmer Duck Wishing tale Add in he wished his life could be different 6 Pirate Nick to visit class. Message in a bottle Dilemma Recount of visit to Over Farm. Pirate Pie Finding tale Endings Persuasive letter to the pirates to let us keep treasure. Invite parents in. Make scarecrows for Forest School. Pirate party/dressing up/invade Year 1!
Year 1 2014/15 1 Jungle classroom/role play area A Jungle Adventure Quest Setting Non chronological report about giraffes Share Information about jungle animals with Year 2 children. 2 Planetarium dome to visit the school. I told you so A Bob story Warning tale Dilemma Instructions How to get to the moon? Build a rocket Space/Alien party. 3 Class bear gets lost Toy Being Lost Dogger Style Losing tale Description of an object Biography- Brunel (Hotseat Brunel) SS Great Britain visit Year One Museum 4 SS Great Britain Visit Brunel story The Magic Flag Poetry Finding tale Character Recount of visit to the SS Great Britain. Brunel dressing up day 5 Water day - Buckets Sharing a Shell Wishing tale Setting Poetry Share stories and home learning with parents. 6 Sea side day wear beach clothes, eat ice creams etc. The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch. * Description of a place or person. Persuade seagulls to leave Mr Grinling s lunch alone! * Be invaded by Reception pirates! *Indicates that a new starting text needs to be written.
Year 2 2014/15 1 Superhero visit Traction Man Losing tale Setting Stone Giant visit Instructions How to trap a stone giant! 2 Woodmancote Walk and picnic. Katie Morag and the new pier. Warning tale Setting Discussion reasoned argument life in Woodmancote Vs Struary. * 3 Great Fire* Finding Tale Description people place object 4 Teachers dress up as 3 little pigs and Big Bad Wolf. Art display 5 Pyjama evening and hot chocolate (night time) Pie Corbett Three Little Pigs The Owl who was afraid of the dark. * 6 Rubbish day Michael Recycle? rewrite this? Character and dialogue Recount (Diary) Explanation Why is the Big Bad Wolf No longer bad? Wishing tale Character Non-chronological report about barn owls. * Information leaflet Quest Dilemma Persuade people to recycle. * Superheroes dress up day! Visit to London? Could you organise a visit from an owl man? *Indicates that a new starting text needs to be written.
1 An Egyptian Adventure based on Biff an Chip type stories? * Year 3 2014/15 Losing tale Setting Instructions How to mummify. * 2? Wishing tale Character Explanation Manual for building pyramids. * 3 The lion the witch and the wardrobe. * Quest Suspense Persuasive text to go through the wardrobe doors? * 4 How to train your Dragon * 5 Roman Mysteries Caroline Lawrence find a Roman artefact? * 6 The Hodgeheg by Dick King Smith. * Finding tale Action Description of an object. Non Chronological report about dragons. (Use similar one to goblins text) * Recount Trip to Caerleon. Warning tale Dilemma Discussion road safety etc.*
Year 4 2014/15 1 Greek day Performance Art of Hydra 2 Crime Scene Style Classroom Hercules and the Hydra Dr Who @ Woodmancote Quest Suspense Description of people and places 3 String Messaging Charlotte s Web Warning tale Characterisation and dialogue 4 A Midsummer Nights dream 5 Residential to Dean Field Centre Adventure at Sandy Cove 6 John Brown and The Midnight Explanation The Water Cycle text Discussion Should Daleks live on Earth Greek Day Wishing tale Setting Persuasion - leaflets Shakespeare Rocks Finding tale Action Non Chronological Reports about UK Wildlife Losing tale Dilemma Recount
1 Turning classrooms and corridors into a rainforest. 2 Outside speaker about trip to the rainforest. Year 5 2014/15 The Great Kapok Tree Warning Tale Dilemma Persuasive Letter Animal Charity. Kensuke s Kingdom Losing Tale Trust as the lost object. Setting 3 Sherlock Holmes Finding Tale Characterisation and dialogue 4 Macbeth Macbeth wishes to have more power. 5 Treasure Island Jim boards the Hispaniola in search of treasure. Persuasion A persuasive letter to Prince Charles. Discussion deforestation. Wishing tale Setting Recount Newspaper about death of King. Quest/Journey Action Persuasion A persuasive letter to 6 Kensuke s Kingdom Losing tale Description of people/places Explanation Trip to the Zoo. Open afternoon share our work with parents. (1) Class Reader for Spring Term
Year 6 2014/15 1 Ransom notes with clues to solve Kidnapped Finding Suspense Report (newspaper report) Published newspaper for website 2 Quest around the school The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien Quest Setting Formal Persuasive Letter Middle Earth Day 3 Rose Blanche Warning Action Instructions Street Party 4 SATs Revision Units Non-Chronological Report (Mount Kilimanjaro) 5 Role Plays The Sunflower Garden Janice May Udry (emotional) Character Description Plant a garden. 6 Blind fold day The Sleeping Sword Losing and dilemma Response to blindness Discussion Paralympic day
Year 6 2014/15 1 Ransom notes with clues to solve Kidnapped Finding Suspense Report (newspaper report) Published newspaper for website 2 Building Anderson shelter / WW2 day 3 Quest around the school Rose Blanche Ian McEwan The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien Warning Tale Action Instruction WW2 day Quest Setting Persuasive Letter Middle Earth Day 4 Role Plays The Sunflower Garden Janice May Udry (emotional) Description Non-Chronological Report (rivers) Plant sunflower garden. Read and share own stories. 5 REVISION BASED ON ASSESSMENT 6 Kensuke s Kingdom Michael Morpurgo Losing Tale Dilemma Discussion